June 27, 2026
Test Drive: VW Tiguan
IT’S got be said, I’m annoyed with the boy again and he is making me drive angrily. Teenage boys just don’t seem to have a body-clock like the rest of…
Uncle Arthur… the Barnard Castle MP and Labour Party founder
Following Labour’s victory at the recent election local historian David Croom has been looking into the history of the Barnard Castle MP who was one of Labour’s founding members LABOUR have…
Local producers still delivering the goods
Barnard Castle Farmers’ Market has stood the test of time and this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. Editor Stuart Laundy reports. CAKE-baker Alison Sayer well remembers the first farmers’ market…
In your Mercury this week
Hitting the headlines this week: An investigation has been launched into a series of fly-tipping incidents across the dale Durham County Council has unveiled plans for a raft of parking…














